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Anxiety has been growing over the global economy amid lower commodities prices, plunging emerging-market assets and a selloff in both stocks and bonds sold by lower-rated U.S. companies, known as junk bonds.

Inflation slowed in July after sharp increases the previous two months, the government said in a report that stopped short of giving the Federal Reserve the evidence it has been seeking to raise interest rates. Food inflation continued to rise across the board (up 0.2 percent)...

But sharp price falls are beginning to encourage demand and the IEA forecast world oil demand would grow by 1.6 million barrels per day this year, up 200 000 bpd from its previous estimate and the fastest pace in five years. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, crude oil for delivery...

Dubai’s stock market has closed almost seven percent lower in its first day of trading for the week after a further slide in oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell into a correction on Friday, fueling the biggest losses since 2011 for other gauges. Emerging...

An increase in Iranian crude oil production of around 600,000 barrels per day is likely in the latter half of next year, a U.S. federal report found.

The Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China’s second exchange, dropped 3.00 per cent, or 66.56 points, to 2,155.49 on turnover of 480.9 billion yuan. But if China is starting a currency war, investor pain could get intense.

Economists interviewed by Reuters said the first interest rate hike in nearly a decade by the Federal Reserve remains possible despite the soft inflation figures since other indicators point to a strengthening economy such us an improving housing sector and tightening labor market.

“There’s no shortage of things people can cite, from the movement in currencies, to the weakness in commodities and fears about China“, Lee said. “This is about growth“. Gold futures rose as the selloffs spurred a flight to safety, with the yellow...

The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is heading for its biggest weekly loss since 2013, while the MSCI All-Country World Index has retreated 3.2 percent for the period, the worst since December, according to Bloomberg. That correction was caused by a combination of factors, one being...

The renewed drop in oil prices has sent energy stocks skidding, weighing on global market indexes, and unnerved investors. Puts give the holder the right, but not the obligation, to sell NYMEX crude futures at a predetermined strike price.

Spot prices of Western Canada Select (WCS), a marker for heavy, diluted bitumen from Alberta’s oil sands sank to a 12-year low near $20 a barrel. WTI may drop to $US32 on the persisting global surplus, Citigroup Inc. said in a report August 19.

Oil has dropped below $40 a barrel for the first time since the end of the global economic crisis.

As if China wasn’t worrying investors enough, the odds of a Fed rate hike in September seems to have lowered. “This is about growth“. The Nasdaq crumbled 6.8% while the S&P 500 sank 5.8%.

Leading members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries are maintaining output, while Citigroup Inc. predicts crude may slide to as low as $32/bbl, a level last seen during the world financial crisis.

Tan said that China’s gross domestic product (GDP) accounted for 43 percent of the total created by the economies in the Asian Pacific region, so there is no doubt that other regional currencies will follow the yuan to move lower, while the magnitude of the falls in...